Costume Fittings For April 1

These people need to come for a costume fitting on April 1st.

Isaiah Gumness, Kody Powers, Drew Dauster, Aimie Steffenhagen, Sarah Erickson, and Katherine Pollnow.

PUBLICITY

Cedar Ridge Publicity Event

Those of you involved in the Cedar Ridge event make sure to come for your costume towards the end of rehearsal April 1st. You are responsible to come and get it and to keep it and all its pieces, and return it on April 8th.
  This includes, Moriah Hensler, Sarah Bagin, Sarah Erickson, Aimie Steffenhagen, and Abbi England.

Practice on April 1st

Practice will be at the Refinery, 919C North River Road, West Bend. This is just down the road from St. Vincents.

Biographies.

Good Morning,

Here is the list of people I still need bio's from. Extended deadline is this Monday, April 1st. Please email me them to me at: ireland93chick@gmail.com

Bagin-3
Dauster-3
Dedert-1
Donahue-2
Guagliardo-1
Koepke-1
Miller-1
Mueller-1
Nelson-1
Newhouse-2
Pasillas-2
Schneider-1
Steffenhagen-1
Vagnini-1
Weimer-2

If you have any questions please let me know.

Thanks!
Sarah Gumness

correction - today at noon

Today (not April) I meet with apprentices at noon - see you there.

Tomorrow the 25th

Just a heads up that tomorrow is a huge day of rehearsal for the whole cast. Some of you that maybe have been sitting on the edges a bit, will not be doing so tomorrow. There are plenty of crowd scenes and also we are "creating scenes" between the scenes in order to do the set changes. So I will see the whole cast tomorrow promptly at 1:00. And remember to be praying for the safe return of our basketball team members through the snow.

Update your calendars - Final dress and more

Hello cast and crew - here is an update and an FYI for your calendars.

The final dress rehearsal on Friday, April 19th will begin promptly at 11 and run until 2:30. This is to assist students attending a track meet and people leaving town. I had to move it back 2 hours because 2 of our high school cast members take some morning classes at public school.

Monday, April 22 performance at Hartford High School in their Drama Lecture Hall. Call time is 4:00, show begins at 7:00

Call time for Wooded Hills Church on Wednesday, April 24 is also 4:00, as some scenes will need to be reworked.

Keep Tuesday and Thursday of performance week open as there may be a performance scheduled at the Boys and Girls Club.

I do not yet know when the setup/run through will be at CrossWay yet. Please keep the day free.

Rubber mallet

Festus needs another rubber mallet. Who can bring this Monday? Respond in comment section.

Apprentice meeting with Mrs. Wells

On Monday, March 25th all apprentices will meet with Sarah Gumness and Mrs. Wells at Community Church at noon. Bring all your questions. See you there!

STILL NEED SANDALS?

Keep checking Good Will and St. Vincent De Paul for sandals.  They are really starting to put out the sandals for men and women.

COSTUMING NEEDS SENDIKS BAGS

Please bring in Sendiks , or thicker Aldi grocery bags.  We need them to hold all the extra pieces that go with your costumes. -Thanks

BOYS BRING IN SHORTS

BOYS BRING IN SHORTS

Boys who are wearing a shorter tunic, galley slave costume, or soldier costume need to have shorts underneath.  You must bring in a pair of shorts to be approved on March 25!
1. Luke G.
2. Jeremy W.
3. Brandon K.
4. Caleb H.
5. Josiah G.
6. Abe N.
7. Matthias H.
8.Caleb V.
9. Domingo P.
10. Luke P.

Some of the happenings on March 18

Just a few of the items I hope to accomplish on Monday:

1. Check in with the apprentices - see what still needs to be done.

2. Work with singers and give them their movements

3. Work the prologue with magi, Mary and baby Jesus

4. Work with grey choral people - Anna, Moriah G, Joy, Heather, Sarah G, Hannah . It is time to engage your creativity.

5. Bits and pieces of scene work with Ester, Iras, Miriam, Tirzah, Amrah, Gestus, Thord, Irmin Arrius.

6. Work on scenes with 4 children

7. Work with Festus and galley slaves

And more..... So we will have plenty to do

Need a painter to paint the parapet. Easy and fun project! If you are interested - leave a comment or email Danielle

Looking for red bristles

Can you please search your homes for a red bristled broom or whisk broom or unused vacuum cleaner attachment or car scraper? We need to supplement our Roman soldier helmets. Call me right away if you find something. Thank you.

Very Important Announcement

We have new information for all cast and crew. Please read carefully. 

Everyone that has a script, whether you printed it yourself or got it from HIS, MUST make a copy of the below notice. Just copy and paste to print. Please place this copy with your script. 

After the show is over we are instructed to destroy all copies that were made of the script. 

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Shoes

These are the people that still need to bring in their shoes.

Boys- Jason Miller, Caleb Vagnini, Drew Dauster, Kody Powers, Isaiah and Josiah Gumness, Luke Pallo, Matthias Hensler, Domingo Pasillas, Luke Gaugliardo, Jeremy Wells, Bradon Koepke.

Girls-
Aimee Steffenhagen, Abbi and Courtney Englund, Sarah and Heather Erickson.

The four children- Jenna Wilke, Lydia Weimer, Moriah Bagin, and Makayla Dedert will be barefoot for their scene so they do not need to find sandals.

Here are some pictures of what you should be looking for:

Thanks,
 Sarah Bagin

Props from Granpa's garage still needed

We still need these props:

A silver carafe - could be just a glass one spray painted.

a leather trifold "wallet" about 5" x 8" - flat with no modern clasps - the sheik's business bag.

Circular, square or rectangular table top about 3 feet in diameter or across. We have the Roman looking bottom, but need a wooden top. This can be any color wood. The table will not be injured by attaching to the legs.


We still need pieces of brown/tan leather or leather looking vinyl.

Biographies

Good Afternoon,

*The directors, producer and all students, which includes actors/actresses and apprentices, will need to send in a biography that is no longer then 100 words, so keep it short but sweet. These should include your name, your age, your stage character(s) or backstage part(s) and a some other interesting facts about you. Please send your biographies via email. We will proof read and edit them for you.

email: ireland93chick@gmail.com

If you have any questions, just ask. :)

*(If all those who are going to Nationals could please get these to me asap, that would be wonderful! Thank you.)

Have a blessed day,
Sarah Gumness

Still need these signed Media Consent Forms:
Dedert, Englund, Hummel, Koepke, Passillas, Vagnini
Thanks - Danielle

Definitions from Nicki

	Character	Page	Word	Definition
1.	Tirzah	13	Procurator	Officer of the Roman empire entrusted  with management of the financial  affairs of a province
2.	Messala	14	Sanhedrin	Supreme council of the Jews during post-exilic times headed by a High Priest
3.	Messala	14	plundering	To take by force
4.	Judah	18	laurel	An evergreen shrub
5.	Judah	24	legion	Principal unit of Roman army comprising  3000 to 6000 foot soldiers
6.	Quintus	27	galley	A long lowship used for wars
7.	Quintus	30	Duumvir	One of two Roman officers constituting  a board or court
8.	Judah	34	Consul	Either of two annually elected chief magistrates of the Roman republic
9.	Judah	35	sully	To make tarnished
10.	Drusilla	42	dunce	A slow-witted or stupid person
11.	Messala	43	galls	Something bitter to endure
12.	Iras	69	omen	An occurrence believed to portend a future event
13.	Judah	70	cloisters	A monastic establishment
14.	Judah	71	bier	A stand on which a corpse is place
15.	Judah	78	purged	To make free of something unwanted

More Pronunciations

Akaba = Ah’–kuh-buh

 En-Rogel = en-Rah’-jul

 Sejanus = Si-jey’-nuhs

 Golgotha = Gol’-guh-thuh

3 Important Subjects

1. I spoke to you all at the parents' meeting regarding scheduling a couple more performances. We have Monday night scheduled in Hartford with a group of churches there. There is one more opening on either Tuesday or Thurday night. Call me ASAP if your church would like to partner with us in this very unique outreach. At this point we only have 6 performances due to Silverbrook canceling today. The remaining spot(s) should be filled in the next week.

2. We have had a couple requests to move the final dress rehearsal on April 19 from the afternoon to the morning. So far I have one conflict with that change. I need to hear from you if your student cannot make the morning dress rehearsal. And I would need to hear this weekend or Monday at the latest. So please check calendars carefully. Thank you.

3. Another topic from the parents' meeting are the three positions for next year that need to be filled. These are producer, assistant director, and treasurer. Even though these are positions for next year, they need to be filled this spring because these people are essential to pre-production planning prior to auditions. In fact, if I don't have 3-5 people willing to assist me with the pre-production work, I will be unable to direct a play next year. So if you are considering even a piece of this, you can give me or Danielle a call for more information or with any questions. We provide a folder of information for you as well as on-the-job training. Thank you for considering.

Singers

Singers: Make sure that you have both the words and the tune memorized for all the Hebrew songs to which you have been assigned. Also be working the Arab song. I will listen to them this Monday. Thanks.

Media Consent Forms

Still need these signed media consent forms: Dedert Englund Hummel Koepke Mikul Pallo Pasillas Pollnow Schimp Sitzman Vagnini You can give these to Jesse or Mrs. Dauster - Thanks!

Leather

We have need for brown or tan leather to use for many men in our show. We could cut up old coats or vests. Please ask aunts and grandparents and cousins on this one and bring in ASAP.

March 4th - all cast except 4 children

Monday, March 4th is the day when all cast should be at practice, except for the "children". Their first day will be March 18. We will be focusing on Act 2, so if you are only in Act 1 and have a question for me, just call.

I want the galley slaves to practice their rowing with the breathing and the effort and the fall at end. Josiah - please gather everyone except maybe Judah and make this happen.

All fight work needs to be practiced as well. Judah gather Thord and Irmin and practice scene 7. Caleb V. gather the folks for scene 1 and practice and also run the scene 2 work. Remember to start slowly until everyone remembers. Use the practice and then the real swords.

This week we use all props. If your script has a prop listed, ask the stage managers what to use. It is your responsibility to find and use your props. Don't fake it! Think ahead.

Judah will be the only one allowed on stage with their script. Memorize and focus on Act 2 this weekend. We are off book

Englunds, please send me or Jesse a picture of your possible Roman table.

See you Monday.